Faithful Jihad Watchers!
Greg here. My partner in crime, Bryan Daly, and I are bracing for the wider release of our documentary (starring the brilliant and dashing Mr Robert Spencer), which some of you may have seen. As far as we know, it is the only documentary to ask the question, "Is Islam itself violent?" We are gearing up for interviews and we hope to ruffle some feathers.
Needless to say, it has taken some persistence to get a distributor aboard to represent the DVD, which is not exactly in line with politically correct orthodoxy. There is a new page up on Amazon - which right now is pretty barren - and it would be a huge help for us if we got some positive reviews by people who have seen the movie. To write a review, go to the new Amazon page and scroll down toward the bottom and click "write a review". You will need to have an account at Amazon that you have used to purchase something. You can use your own name or a pseudonym.
Thanks for your help! (And if you want to get ahead on your Christmas shopping, feel free to buy a few hundred or so. Makes great stocking-stuffers!)
Do confirm with your tax preparer, but sending it to your politicians may be a tax-deductible contribution.
Heck, even if it's not, spreading it around is an excellent investment in your, and your children's future.
Good! This is a great video and I've gotten a variety of responses from those willing (and unwilling) to watch it.
Sadly, some of my family/friends are very closed to hearing the Truth about radical Islam and they wouldn't even take the DVD home with them, but all we can do is be patient, yet persistent....
....because we don't have the luxury to remain silent or ignorant about this threat any longer.
"Is Islam itself violent?"
Was Mohammad violent?
GREG: "My partner in crime, Bryan Daly, and I are bracing for the wider release of our documentary (starring the brilliant and dashing Mr Robert Spencer), which some of you may have seen."
Brilliant? Certainly. Dashing? A bit obsequious don't you think?
Well, Greg and Bryan, get ready for the DEATH THREATS.
"Behead those who insult Islam!"
Actually, I am going to try to get my hands on one of your DVD's. I am a hopeless, godawful bibliophile*, and so I have given copies of Robert Spencer's books to other people to read, to positive effect. Unfortunately, some people just don't want to read!
This is probably due to the deleterious effects of decades of mind-numbing television. Most people are more comfortable just turning into a mental vegetable in front of the idiot box. Hopefully, your DVD will allow me to wake up several more people!
* That's BIBLIO-phile, as opposed to PEDO-phile like Mohammed.
I've seen the DVD (many thanks to Robert) and it is truly excellent. I just posted my (5 stars!) review at Amazon.
Robert is certainly brilliant. I'm not convinced of the dashing part yet. Perhaps one of the ladies will venture an opinion?
I just asked some of my lady cat friends.
They said that they would sit on Robert's lap any time, especially if he was eating a tuna sandwich.
An unflinching unapologetic look
This movie will be a shock to the system .Obsession this movie isn't their is no prattle about radical islam this and hijacking of Islam that, This talks about the real Islam and the real Mohammad. ready or not you need to know about this stuff.
Still looking for that Cal Thomas transcript:
Anybody?
http://www.breitbart.tv/html/2583.html
Well, I'm a ladies man myself and therefore hardly fit to judge, but the only time Robert ever looked dashing to me was the picture of him shaking Dhimmi Carter's hand outside some church in the late 70s. Robert was young, long-haired, and slightly unkempt...the kind of guy you'd want to knock down some brew with at your local pub but wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley on your way home.
Robert once alluded to the reasons for the meeting with Carter in cryptic (and somewhat embaressing) fashion. Care to share with us what that was all about, oh fearless leader? I often wondered if it was about soliciting advice on how to cope with lusting after women (remember Carter's playboy interview during the '76 campaign, folks?). Just thought you might pass along any useful info he may have enlightened you with. God knows my wife would be appeciative.
Robert, dashing? Well -- maybe! It's hard to tell with that beard.
My Dad grew a beard once and I hated it because it made him look like an old man and I was embarrassed to be seen with him. Ha Ha! He took 20 years off once he finally shaved.
Come on Robert -- BIC it!
oh no -- will I get banned?
I'll tell exactly what the West need to know. The West need to know that its policies will be met with great opposition in the ME that can amount to violence if necessary. Also, the West(its self-appointed leader being the US) needs to know that meddling in the affairs of Islamic countries and its unconditional support for the Judeo-Nazi state is fueling resentment among the masses.
The West needs to know that the East knows your intentions. Australia acknowledged today that the war on Iraq was to secure oil sources(nothing new here). The biggest armed robbery in the world in still taking place in Iraq and the US will prevail.
Ex-lover of jesus and no lover of Judeo-Nazis.
This is great news Robert!
That movie is excellent!
Yes, so Ausralia is there to SECURE oil sources, progressive? Big Deal.
We, and the rest of the world, have paid for every damn barrel of it.
No one stole it.
And FYI all your ME muslim friends would be sitting in a tent drinking camel's milk if the West hadn't developed the oil industry.
Now they just kill each other.
Imagine those sowdis with no money. That is a delicious thought!
Why are the followers of the rop so thick ? lol.
Isn't the term "Judeo-Nazi" an oxymormon or is our "eastern" poster "progressive" really of the belief the Jews are going to round themselves up and then kill themselves ?
Ex-lover of jesus:
Hi there. Do you wanna share with us here why your love for Jesus fizzled away? Do you believe in the power of prayer? I know I do. Just touch the screen. The brethren and I will be interceding for you during prayer breakfast. There's no pressure. Come.
dashing:
1. spirited, lively, energetic, vigorous, peppy
2. stylish, fashionable, chic
Whatever his flaws, it seems to me Spencer is dashing, especially in debate. Any undefeated champ is dashing. After all, the undefeated are kings, and as Henry V said in the play of that name, "Customs [fashions, styles] curtsy to great kings. We are the makers of manners Kate."
I wrote out a reply to the troll but thought better of it, and deleted the whole damn thing. It is this "Judeo-nazi" thing of his that gets on my nerves.
Wrote a 5 star review at Amazon, but they haven't posted it yet. When one writes reviews for other subjects, they post immediately. But Islam gets careful treatment, because Amazon has to be afraid it could all blow up in their faces. Not just figuratively speaking, of course.
We need to hand this superb DVD personally to our politicians and to anyone else who might be receptive.
The Charlotte Observer said of the film:
That response partly explains why people are in denial. They find the truth too horrific.
Progressive is a card holding member of the "blame America first" club. If he actually lived in any of the countries he constantly defends, he would realize what true oppression is.
To compare Israel, the U.S. or any other Western nation to Nazis shows an utter lack of appreciation for what Nazi Germany was.
Put another way, if Bush was as bad as he says, Progressive would have been tortured and beheaded years ago. His head would be mailed to his family and neighbors in an effort to "teach" others.
If Islam were to be victorious, Progressive would be one of the first people put to death. He doesn't realize what Islam thinks about Progressives.
progressive:
According to Islamic principles, it is permissible to resist "occupiers" by any means possible, yes?
Well, that is all that those "Judeo-Nazi's" (snicker) are doing. They are resisting the Muslim occupiers that came with the Muslim armies that started invading the Byzantine Empire around 632 AD.
The area of what is modern day Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon was predominately Christian and Jewish before the Muslim invaders arrived.
JSobieski said:
Actually, that so-called Progressive probably wouldn't get hurt, because as soon as he came in contact with real danger, it would be such a shock to his self-absorbed dream world that he'd probably fold his tent and run home terrified and ready to conform to the new order. So-called Progressive might be disgusted with himself to discover that his "ideals" turned out to be so vaporous on contact with reality.
Or if he simply went to live in Iran or Saudi Arabia or Sudan a while, he'd probably return to the U.S. with a newly discovered appreciation for what he once, like a spoiled brat (there are so many of those today in the U.S.!), took for granted. He'd be like Eldridge Cleaver, suddenly a patriot, but without any of Cleaver's genius.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a conservative. But neither am I a progressive, and I think that "Progressive" was a superficial fool whose politics are basically determined by poor toilet training and bad relationships with his parents rather than anything objective. His parents spoiled him and so his politics amount to a tantrum in response to the fact that the U.S. isn't perfect with a cherry on top. And since the U.S. isn't perfect faw duh lidduh fehwah, he bangs his spoon and shouts that the U.S. is Nazi Germany. And he throws his spagetti and screams that every other place outside the U.S. is better. Remember that same manipulative tantrum logic from your own infancy? Yes? Well, that's because you outgrew it. Perhaps poor so-called Progressive doesn't remember this aspect of his infancy, because he never recognized it to begin with, so is condemned to repeat it ad infinitum into adulthood. (Don't mind me, I'm just letting off steam.)
.....and the US will prevail.
Posted by: progressive
That is very good news progressive, thanks, you have made my day
So-called Progressive willfully confuses securing oil trade with stealing oil. The oil in Iraq is under continual Iraqi government audit.
sheik yer'mami, I'm looking for that transcript too. By the time I got to the posted link to Cal Thomas' "magnificent" (Spencer's word) interview, the video had become inaccessible -- so I've never seen it.
wake up people and stand against this evil religion dont let them take ur countries and if they took it they will destroy it like they do to my country lebanon .this barbarians are against the humanity so wake up wake up western people .
Robert is certainly brilliant. I'm not convinced of the dashing part yet. Perhaps one of the ladies will venture an opinion?
Posted by: Brett_McS at July 7, 2007 1:22 AM
You are right. Dashing more aptly fits Hugh. For Robert, I would go with daring or dauntless.
Islam's Global War against Christianity
By Patrick Poole
Some of the oldest Christian communities in the world are subject to relentless attack and teeter on the brink of extinction at the hands of the "Religion of Peace": Palestinian Christians in Gaza and the West Bank; Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean Christians in Iraq; Coptic Christians in Egypt; Evangelical and Orthodox Christians in Eastern Ethiopia and Eritrea; Armenian Orthodox Christians in Turkey; and Maronite Christians in Lebanon.
Several of these communities date back to the beginning decades of Christianity and all have weathered wave after wave of Islamic persecution for centuries and more, but in the very near future some will simply cease to exist. In our lifetime, the only trace of their past existence will be in footnotes in history books (and probably only Western history books at that).
Meanwhile, we in the West hear much from radical Islam's apologists how the US is engaged in a war against Islam citing of our military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq. We are lectured on the inviolability of the Muslim ummah and justifications of defensive jihad.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/07/islams_global_war_against_chri.html
Please put this up wherever possible. This is a silent massacre taking place, the author states it is a New Holocaust, and our MSM is silent. Our compassion must go out to these poor people.
The Barnabus Fund is the only organisation that explicitly tries to relieve the misery of Christians in Muslims countries. Please help.
http://www.barnabasfund.org/
History's bloodiest siege used human heads as cannonballs
By JAMES JACKSON -
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=466818&in_page_id=1770
Terrific read. Must get the book.
As I read this article, the more I think that Tolkien's Lord of the Rings is telling a tale about the repeated invasions of Europe by Muslims.
PS: Strange that the Daily Mail is invoking the Siege of Malta at this time.
Another review of this DVD was posted this week:
http://www.hartfordadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=1701
"sheik yer'mami, I'm looking for that transcript too. By the time I got to the posted link to Cal Thomas' "magnificent" (Spencer's word) interview, the video had become inaccessible -- so I've never seen it.
Posted by: traeh "
I just checked and the video is still there, traeh.
I have not found a copy/paste version to keep.
I am wondering if some ISP's are blocking it as I have been able to get to it ever since it was posted.
Progressive poses a prime example of why Islam is THE primary scourge of society.
First of all, progressive, you have got a twisted world view if you think that Israel is ONLY your bees-wax, because it isn't. And secondly, Islam is a cancer on us all -- as we are ALL on your hit list -- every last man, woman and child must come under Islam. Right?
Well, no way, anti-progressive, because people are wising up to Islam, and anyone with 1/2 a brain can see that Islam needs to be destroyed. One jihadist at a time, if need be.
Islam be gone!
But stick around progressive.
I think he means the type of 1948 violence where 7 million Moslems attempted to push 500,000 Jews into the sea and failed miserably or maybe the 1967 violence where in just six days little tiny Israel defeated Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Algeria and Kuwait.
So I don’t think any threats of ME violence is going to frighten anyone, given their inept track record.
Arjun, don't let the Muslim trolls get your goat (if they do they will try to mate with it). Anyone who knows history knows that the Nazis were tied with the Muslims and that Hitler was friends with the grand mufti of Palestine, Haj Amin al-Huesseini, who was Yasser Arafat's uncle. The Muslims had their lips firmly pressed on the Nazi's asses.
http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_mandate_grand_mufti.php
Progressive, we're all shaking in fear and dread at the very thought of 1.5 gazillion muslim fanatics assaulting us in lockstep. If we are robbing Iraq of its precious oil, why is it costing the U.S. taxpayers billions? Damn, that's some expensive oil! You, like so many other ignorant, brainwashed apologists for jihad and islam, are utterly incapable of deductive reasoning. You don't even recognize the contradictions in your skewed logic.
As for your theats of violence, they are hardly necessary. Violence is islam's specialty, as evidenced every day in the expanding jihad. How much longer do you think the West will tolerate this crap? There may be plenty of deniers out there trying to soothe the fury to protect their beloved dream of a utopian, multicultural world, but most of us are not deaf, dumb, and blind and we're fed up to our eyeballs with islam, muslims, jihad, and idiots like you.
The forbidden topic of halting all muslim immigration to the West has finally emerged in public and was met with thunderous approval from the millions of us who have been saying it since 9-11. The cat is out of the bag, and it can't be put back. Americans have had it with rampant immigration from the third world and the politicians and elites who have already seriously damaged the character of this country by importing millions of unsuitable, unassimilable people. There is absolutely nothing in our Constitution that even addresses, much less dictates, that America is a multicultural country and that diversity is a founding principle. One facet of diversity that no country needs is muslims. They are nothing but trouble wherever they go.
I have been waiting for months for "Islam" DVD. Just ordered 2 today from Amazon, one for me and one for a neighbor to share. The denial in the public forum of terrorism to Islam ideology scares the hell out of me. What is it going to take before people get off their "politcally correct", apologist platform?
Greg,
If you read this I have just posted at Amazon. It has my real name and City. Not ashamed or afraid to give it.
Good luck and keep up the fight, our enemies will!
Ken Gareau
Oro valley, AZ
I put in my review earlier today
Susanp said:
I know you didn't mean it this way Susan, but the quoted paragraph feeds into the myth that yours is a xenophobic project, rather than a fight for freedom of religion and an open society. You reject not just the totalitarian project of Islam, but also "third-worlders" in general, and, it almost seems, diversity itself.
That helps those who want to tar us as fascists or something similar. Your mistake is a mistake that the very admirable Fjordman and others have made: you use diversity and multiculturalism in a manner that divides Left and Right, thinking you are helping to oppose the global Jihad that way. But how does unnecessarily dividing the West hinder global jihad? Especially when you could try to use diversity and multiculturalism to unite Left and Right against global jihad. For example, you could point out to the Left that it should be concerned about the fact that Islam is making multiculturalism unviable. Remember that "multiculturalism" has a good side: it used to be referred to as tolerance and pluralism. I understand that multiculturalism has a bad side and that the Left has too often used the bad side of multiculturalism in ways that inadvertently aid global jihad and the coming takeover of Europe within a generation or two. That kind of multiculturalism needs to be opposed. But it would be more helpful to the West, and deleterious to the totalitarian ambitions of Islam, if we applauded that aspect of the Left's multiculturalism that is good, and alerted the Left to the fact that good multiculturalism is in danger due to the increasing growth of totalitarian Islam in the West. That would help the West unite against the totalitarian enemy.
To dp111 - thanks so much for that link. I read it. Terrifying stuff, and yet the courage and creativity of the Knights of St John with their backs to the wall, fighting alone, is so inspiring. And...they WON! And so the west was able to go on to other victories - Lepanto in 1571, Vienna in 1683. Shakespeare was writing in the late 16C. Monteverdi's Vespers were written in 1610. J S Bach was born in 1685. Just think. If those three victories had not happened - if the Second Jihad had not been turned back - the plays of Shakespeare and the heavenly music of Monteverdi and of Bach would never have been written, because the Muslim Turks would have been systematically, sadistically, viciously raping and dumbing-down and ruining Western Europe just like they'd already done to all their other victims. We would all have been slave dhimmis or - worse - Muslim slaves of the demon allah.
I will buy the book and give it to my dad. He likes blood-and-thunder stuff.
D'you think that, anywhere in the non-Muslim world, there might exist a film-maker or a movie company with the guts and the poetic vision to make a film of 'Blood Rock', the siege of Malta in 1565? And because it saved the West - I know that if I were making a film of it, I would use all the glories of 16th and 17th and 18th C sacred and secular music on the soundtrack, by way of celebrating what those heroic Knights both defended and made possible to happen after them. Somebody should send 'Blood Rock' to the guy who did '300'. I know I'll write to Australia's greatest director, Peter Weir, who did 'Master and Commander', send him a copy of the article you linked, and say: Are you man enough to film THIS?
As for Tolkien: I don't think his story is a straight allegory of the repeated invasions of Europe by Muslims. However, like you I see many clear parallels. I am convinced that Tolkien drew heavily on that long-drawn-out traumatic history of the two great westward jihads of the past, as experienced by those who fought against them, and created in his own 'parallel world' something that one might call an analogy to it. He holds up a mirror to history, so to speak.
But Tolkien doesn't quite follow history. He sets out instead the conditions of a true victory: so all oaths are kept; wildly differing allies come through for each other; traitors and spies (Wormtongue, Saruman) are exposed and rejected; instead of the schism that in real life divided and divides Eastern and Western Christendom, Tolkien's imagined Gondor and Arnor are re-united; and in the end the spiritual focus and centre of the evil is undone and the dark tower falls and Sauron dissolves into nothing.
As we face the Third Jihad against the West (indeed, against the whole non-Muslim world, not just the West), let us remember Tolkien's vision of what is necessary for victory. Courage, hope, and absolute fidelity to one another.
Not many are familiar with the scholarship of Bat Ye'or and Spencer. Books like Jackson's will get a wider readership. But we should remember that MILLIONS of our contemporaries, children and adults, have read Tolkien and/ or J K Rowlings. Millions more have seen the films. If we can only help them to see that here in real life we are going right into something terribly like Tolkien's mythical war, or Harry's struggle against the Death Eaters - the West (and the rest of the non-Muslim world) might just wake up so fast it will shock everyone.
dumbledoresarmy:
I suspect that Tolkien -- and possibly C.S. Lewis in his Narnia Chronicles -- depicted civilizations that were intended to be generically Middle Eastern -- not just Islamic. There is much in Islam that reminds me of earlier Middle Eastern despotisms. Tolkien is depicting, I suspect, not just the West's struggle with Islam, but the West's struggle with the Near East in general, as for example the ancient Greeks against Persia. If you look again at some of the ancient statues of the Near East, the ancient Assyrian and Persian ones, for example, perhaps you'll agree that, beautiful as they are, they seem born out of a stiff, impersonal, hieratic, awesome, terrible, despotism of ancient origin. And the tone of the Qur'an makes the book seem rather like dictation taken from one or another of those fearsome ancient statues.
dumbledoresarmy:
I am referring to Tashban in the Narnia Chronicles; not Narnia itself, of course. And I am obviously not referring to the Shire and so on in Tolkien.
dumbledoresarmy:
The book is by James Jackson and called Blood Rock, right? Apparently not yet available on Amazon, unfortunately.